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WoW class:Mage  

 Mage
RacesHuman, Gnome, Draenei, Troll, Undead, Blood Elf
Talent TreesFrost, Arcane, Fire

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Wielders of powerful magic, mages through history have concerned themselves with their lust for power. This great power led the mage Kel'thuzad toward being the catalyst for starting the plague that took over Lordaeron. However, not all power corrupts, as the remaining members of the mage city of Dalaran would like to uphold.

Of the three "caster" classes, mages place their combat focus on destruction. Ice Bolts and Fire Balls freeze and sear opponents into oblivion. But being general overall spellcasters, mages do have slightly more than just blowing stuff up...like, um...polymorph, to disable an opponent so they can better blow them up.

In fairness, mages also can cast teleport spells and conjure some supplies. A few of their spells also have a significant amount of utility usage. Mages may be a bit fragile, but they are also very capable.

In instance groups, mages are excellent at dealing damage, and specialize in area effect (AE) damage. They also use Polymorph, Frost Nova and Counterspell to try to take their opponents out of the fight. On a raid, the crowd control aspect of the class is often stifled, but mages are always called upon to do damage. Mages can be very potent in PvP, casting single-target and area damage spells.

Tanking: very poor
Healing: none
Damage: very high, highest for area of effect damage
Utility and support: high

Mage Spell and Ability List

Strengths

  • Able to destroy many opponents before they can lay a finger on the mage
  • Excells at harming many opponents at once
  • Able to remove a target from combat with Polymorph
  • Multiple teleportation spells and conjuring their own food/drink

Weaknesses

  • Low survivability rate, when their magic fails them
  • Limited equipment choices from having only cloth to use
  • Heavy dependence on mana, and often on being able to stand still long enough to cast their spells

Available races: Human, Gnome, Draenei, Troll, Undead, Blood Elf
Usable armor: Cloth
Usable weapons: Staves (starting weapon), Daggers, Swords, Wands
Talent trees: Frost (Freezing and slowing attacks), Arcane (All-purpose and tactical), Fire (Burst damage and damage over time attacks)

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